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January 2007 - Posts

WPF/E Second CTP Shipped

It's been an interesting afternoon! At 4pm Pacific Time today (i.e. Feb 1st 2007 0000 GMT), the Windows version of the WPF/E December 2006 CTP runtime expired somewhat unexpectedly and prematurely (it was intended to timebomb in mid-February, but I guess Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:08 PM by tims | 16 Comments
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Great WPF Applications #3: 90 Degree Radius Reports

Many of the applications I'll be highlighting in this series are highly graphically-intensive and media-centric. I thought I'd present a counterpoint early on in this series to highlight that Windows Presentation Foundation is also very capable as a platform Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:42 PM by tims | 7 Comments
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WPF - State of the Nation, January 2007

In celebration of the launch of Windows Vista (and of course, Windows Presentation Foundation), I sat down with Ian Ellison-Taylor yesterday to chat about what's next for WPF. We touch briefly on the inception of the project and the surprises and the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:26 PM by tims | 1 Comments
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Great WPF Applications #2: Electric Rain StandOut

Enumerating the applications that I'm going to showcase as part of this portfolio on my whiteboard earlier today, I started to panic at what I've just signed myself up for - I've got lots of writing to do over the next week or two! I was quite surprised Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:56 PM by tims | 3 Comments
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Great WPF Applications #1: British Library Turning the Pages

I'm going to start off this series with a real blockbuster that was announced just this morning. I've been looking forward to the moment when we could reveal this application for months, as I think it's one of the most exciting applications I've ever Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:57 AM by tims | 23 Comments
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The Daily Show's Take on Windows Vista

The BillG appearance was very funny... Stewart: What does the F12 button do - does it do anything? Gates: I'd stay away from it if I were you - start with F1 and work your way up... Stewart: Is it a joke button - does the F12 button do something to someone Read More...
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 11:17 PM by tims | 1 Comments
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Great WPF Applications: Introduction

So at last we're finally done. As of today, you can go to Best Buy , Amazon or countless other stores around the world and purchase a shrink-wrapped copy of Windows Vista. Of course, this is not really the end - as a developer, it's just the beginning, Read More...
Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 9:37 PM by tims | 2 Comments
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The WPF Wiki is Here...

Behind the scenes, Karsten and I have been developing a WPF wiki on a background thread, and I think it's about time that we open it up to the world. Our goal is to continue to improve openness and transparency around WPF development, and allow space Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:09 PM by tims | 4 Comments
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WPF and WPF/E Bloggers List: Updated for 2007

For the last couple of years, I've undertaken the thankless task of trying to maintain a list of active bloggers on WPF. Unfortunately, I've let it languish for a little while, so I've taken some time out to revamp it completely: making sure that people Read More...
Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 2:27 PM by tims | 8 Comments
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Comparing WPF on Windows Vista v. Windows XP

A question I'm often asked is, "what's different about WPF in Windows Vista compared to the version that ships for Windows XP?" In the interests of transparency (which is what blogs are for, right?) I thought I'd address this here. I think it’s important Read More...
Posted Friday, January 05, 2007 5:04 PM by tims | 21 Comments
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WPF Technical Chat: Transcript Now Available...

The week before Christmas, we had just over a hundred people show up for an online technical chat on the subject of WPF. We were both delighted by the turnout and overwhelmed by the great questions on all aspects of Windows Presentation Foundation. The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:54 PM by tims | 6 Comments
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